The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

- Unknown

In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the "art" of capitalization. Those of you who fall into this world, please take note of the statement below. I cannot stress enough how grammar is very important to it.

"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse." Is everybody clear on that?

(anonymous)

New Words of Wisdom for the Peeps:

As I mature

I have learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

I have learned that no matter how much I care...some people are just assholes.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I've learned that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that you had better have either a big willy or huge boobs.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others. They are more screwed up than you think!

I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you are finished.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.

I've learned that no matter how hot and steamy an affair is at first, the passion fades. Then there had better be a lot of money to take it's place.

I've learned that 99 percent of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it.

I've learned that the most important people in your life are taken away from you much too soon and the unimportant ones simply won't go away.

Pass this along to 5 friends. Maybe something good will happen...if not- bite me!

MAYBE

Maybe. . we were supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

Maybe . . . when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but, often times, we look so long at the closed door that we don't even see the new one which has been opened for us.

Maybe . . . it is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives.

Maybe . . . the happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Maybe . . . the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; after all, you can't go on successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures and heartaches.

Maybe . . . you should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of, and want to do.

Maybe . . . there are moments in life when you miss someone -- a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child -- so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them more.

Maybe . . . the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

Maybe . . you should always try to put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that something could hurt you, it probably will hurt the other person, too.

Maybe . . you should do something nice for someone every single day, even if t is simply to leave them alone.

Maybe . giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but, if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours.

Maybe . . . happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their lives.

Maybe . . . you shouldn't go for looks; they can deceive; don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

Maybe . . you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy

Maybe . . . you should try to live your life to the fullest because when you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling but when you die, you can be the one who is smiling and everyone around you crying.

Maybe . . . you could send this message to those people who mean something to you, to those who have touched your life, to those who can and do make you smile when you really need it, to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down, and to all those whom you want to know that you appreciate them and their friendship. And if you don't, don't worry; nothing bad will happen to you. You will just miss out on the opportunity to perhaps brighten someone's day. (anonomous)

12-10-08

There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?

This week, I found out.

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.

-The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.

-Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.

-Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.

-The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

-The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.

So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol...so pass it on if you wish.'

Harry learns after the CoS that his life isn't what it was supposed to be. With his life in his own hands Harry sets out to change his lot in life with skills that wizards never dreamed of. Chapter 1 fixed

Long ago the Forests of Valbonë were closed to wizards and all were forbidden to set foot within them. So when, at the end of his second year, Harry becomes disenchanted with his life at Hogwarts, where else could he and his unlikely band of cohorts want to go? Join Harry on a trip into the unknown, where the only certainty is that he has absolutely no idea what he's doing.

Critically injured during the final battle, Harry Potter chooses a simpler way to live. As a cat, Harry finds love and acceptance but no man can be a cat forever and everyone has to grow up and face the world one day.

Dumbledore visited Harry at the Dursleys to deliver his Hogwarts letter, rather than leave it to fate. What he found distressed him immensely and he made a few suggestions to Harry that will have long lasting implications. Features a flummoxed Dumbledore.

"Have you found out how to get past that beast of Hagrid's yet?" ...Snape kicks Harry out of 'Remedial Potions', but as we know from The Philosopher's Stone, there is another Occlumens in the school good enough to keep out the Dark Lord. Stupid oneshot.

Harry has always followed other people orders, but after last year of freedom, he'll be damn if he leaves someone else control his life again. He didn't care about what other people thought, he will be marring for love. One way or another.

I asked Rorschach's Blot if I could play around with a ficlet found in Odd Ideas... three years ago! Anyway, Harry likes to cook, with a passion far greater than Molly Weasley. What if that passion was a bit more directed...

The boy who cried wolf: You know, there's only so much that a boy hero can take. After becoming the wizarding world's scapegoat during the summer after the Triwizard Tournament, Harry decides that enough is enough—and flips Britain the bird. He transfers.

One-shot. What if Professor Lupin had let Harry have a go at the boggart in third year, and what if it turned into something that no one had expected? Coincidentally, Snape's boggart is the exact same...

Bertie is the newest Dementor, and he's out to help the Light win the war. He will do this the only way he knows how... For the Seven Kisses Challenge! Usual disclaimers apply. Join me on this journey of madness!

Voldemort didn't just give Harry some of his powers that night. He gave him all of his memories. With them, his allies and friends, Harry shall change the Wizarding World like no one ever before. LightHarry. GoodDumbledore. Chaotic magic. COMPLETE!

Harry is not happy this takes place after harry's first year my idea is Harrys not happy being told to go back to hell i mean his family . i would also like a beta reader to help me with my storys please get in contact if interested

HPDM preslash. Draco wants only the best in magical snakes for his son, and that means turning to serpent-breeder Harry Potter. Harry, who thought he had settled his grudges with Malfoy long ago, is startled by the way he responds. COMPLETE.

Lucius looks back in time, before a when his son caused some trouble and the results, that was too cute for words.Pairing Draco/Harry in that order. this story was originally written by my sister, but i got it and changed the pairing.

Post-war. Humor. Pre-slash. Auror Harry Potter is sent to take anger management classes. To his shock, he discovers that Severus Snape was sent to take the same classes as well. Can the two war heroes learn to manage their anger? Should they?

Is the new Marriage Law a recipe for disaster or happiness? Hermione Granger first has to catch her Slytherin, and then she'll find out. But why does she choose Lucius Malfoy, of all the unlikely candidates?

HPDM slash oneshot. Harry's job is in the public eye but his closely guarded private life is not. When Draco is inducted as the Quidditch physio, will they be able to prevail as platonic and indifferent accqaintances or will Harry finally prove his worth?

In the days after Sirius falls through the veil, Harry retreats into silence and watches as the scene repeats itself in his mind’s eye. He knows that if he can just understand what was said by those whispering voices, that he could rescue his godfather.

In Goblet of Fire, JKR established that it was absurdly easy to bind other witches and wizards unwillingly into binding magical contracts with a simple, school-taught 'confundus' charm. What if Harry took note of that and decided to do something about it?

Postwar, HPDM slash. The Ministry has regulations that prevent Auror partners from dating. Minister Scrimgeour knows Aurors Potter and Malfoy are dating, and he's about to sack Potter any minute now. If he can catch them at it, of course.

Knowing that he has grown to dislike the Holiday in recent years, Narcissa takes her fouryearold son to try an ensure that Lucius has a happy Halloween. Little did she bargain on Snape, incompetent mothers and Draco’s insatiable curiosity.

Fudge discovers what a bad mistake he's made when he brings in Harry for trial after Harry defeats Voldemort. Bad both for himself, and perhaps for the entire Wizarding World. Oops, forgot disclaimer: Not mine, JKR's!

Narcissa finds Draco and his henchmen cursed and bound after the train returns to Platform 9 & 3/4 at the end of 5th year and decides to assume the duties of Malfoy Regent to ensure the survival of the Malfoy and Black clans...

AU, SLASH, Challenge fic...Harry is the savoir, just not Dumbledore's man. And, he is under a curse cast by McGonagall. Can he save the Wizarding world with the help of his friends and long lost family?

Harry has just returned to Hogwarts for his 7th year and has already managed to bond with Draco, create an opening to an alternate reality, and now must go on a quest to save his original universe from not one, but two bad guys.

Harry is having a lovely summer at home with the Dursleys who are even tolerant of his gender issues... On the way to true love he encounters Death Eaters, Disco Dancing and cross dressing- and that is just the first night. Mild Slash & Weasley bashing

Aunt Marge saw a unicorn in the garden; Harry Potter's pet unicorn to be precise. And, now a wonderful chain of events has been set in motion where Harry gets precisely who he wants, and Fudge gets exactly what is coming to him... SLASH and MPreg

We got tired of Uncle Vernon always raping Harry. It is Petunia's turn and she is in 'hot' pursuit. Chapter 3: the long awaited shocking chapter that reveals nothing much and poses even more annoying questions...